Description
Albizia kalkora (Roxb.) Prain (Latin scientific name: Albizia kalkora (Roxb.) Prain) is a small deciduous tree or shrub of the genus Leguminous Albizia, usually 3-8 meters high; the branches are dark brown, pubescent, and have obvious lenticels. Two pinnate compound leaves; 2-4 pairs of pinnae; 5-14 pairs of leaflets, oblong or oblong-ovate. The pods are ribbon-shaped, 7-17 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, dark brown, tender pods densely pubescent, glabrous in old age; seeds 4-12, obovate. Flowering period from May to June; fruiting period from August to October. Produced in various provinces and regions in North China, Northwest China, East China, South China and Southwest China. Born in hillside shrubs and sparse forests. It is also distributed in Vietnam, Myanmar, and India.
